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CARL EDWARD GILBERT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 22, 1945 – January 6, 1970
Service recordCarl Edward Gilbert, of Cookeville, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 4
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Gen Sv Engineer Unit Commander (1328)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Cookeville, Tennessee (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 4
- RUSSELL EARL GILBRECHLance Corporal · January 6, 1970
- JOHN JAMES HARGREAVESPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- CHARLES LEONARD HARTUNGPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- MICKEY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
From Cookeville
- JOHNIE J WRIGHT JRMajor · February 19, 1967
- JAMES CABELL FARLEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- WAYMON CLAY ELRODCaptain · January 3, 1969
- JERRY THOMAS HICKEYSergeant · January 10, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.